I don't know if this is true or not, but it sounds like having a good message or champion a cause that resonates with your audience is the key to standing out. Let's say that a genre has roughly 200 viewers up for grab and 75 viewers feel really strongly about X issue, and another 75 feel really strongly about Y issue, and 50 are indifferent. It's important to stand up for either X or Y issue, and try to get all 75 viewers on your side instead trying to appeal to the center, and end up with only 50 viewers max. Because the X or Y viewers will feel that you are inauthentic and then leave.
As much as I know it's difficult to become a partner but I'm still trying! Your videos have really been helping me but of course, it's the viewership that's been super hard for me. Been on twitch for a few years but I'm gonna keep going! Thanks for all you help!
Nailed it! Great vid 😊 Finding a niche within a niche is incredibly helpful, it’s all about narrowing down your target audience. The wider your range of content the more competitors you’ll have.
I love this, your channel is what I personally turn to while learning how to stream. I'm personally new to Twitch and only 4 streams in but I prefer to learn before jumping in both feet. Keep up the good work, I look forward to learning more from you!
This is so helpful! I'm already established in a gaming community and I really need to stop being afraid to commit to it. I think just because you main a game doesn't mean you can't occassionally play a different game. Plus you can branch out in the future. I think LittleSiha is a good example of this. She mains Just Dance, but can get away with playing other games because she has really established herself. The advice on watching other creators in that game is absolute gold, btw. Thank you!
Hey this is sort of a left field question. How equal do you think you tube partnership is from twitch? Do you think getting consistent views on a video of over 100 viewers is on par with streaming for 75 viewers. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, Ashni. I really would like to buy your ebook but, since I live in Brazil and dollar is worth almost 6 times our money, it is too expensive for me. Is it possible to do anything about it?
I know it's super difficult to succeed on Twitch nowadays, but your videos are always inspiring and keep me on track. Thanks for always putting out helpful content.
Hey Ashni, love your videos. Im one of the people having a hard time getting noticed on twitch. Ive been able to get viewers when i play the less populated games but i dont want my stream being focused on those... unfortunately i want my stream to be centered around world of warcraft which is saturated. My personality isnt the energetic type. Im a more laid back person. My youtube is currently centered around tabletop simulator because me and my dungeons and dragons group play on that program for now and i like to do educational content to help others. But i want to transition my youtube into WoW content with gold farming guides and the like even tho i know there are alot out there...and still do at least 1 tabletop sim video a week for my current followers.. ( i also wanna do a community game night on tabletop sim on twitch outside of WoW) so idk how well it will work. I just dont want to stream a game im not interested in just to get viewers you know? I know this is long winded but do u have any tips maybe that might help? Thanks.
You answered my question thank you so much! You really are the goat! I really love these videos! I also use your strategy when picking my category. Basically tho everyone is saying being a variety streamer is a hardcore uphill battle!
This is awesome!! A kid I was streaming/playing with asked if I was an artist (who actually answers that with a yes? Lol) because I built a heart and a failed rabbit fort in Fortnite. I can build a massive llama pretty quick too. Looks like I’m making tutorials?
I had my MacBook Pro (2019) all ready to go, with remote play on the ps4 pro and just before going live I notice the thing was ready to cook an egg!!!! Needless to say, I’ll be getting a pc before I do my face reveal on stream 😭🥺😂😨💜
I stopped obsessing on growth and started doing it slowly, or more - just as it goes. While I do learn and implement some things to give myself more chance to reach potential audience, like directories I go into, additional topics outside of the game to spark some more interest and so on. Thankfully and finally I finally see how I can combine my biggest interests and passions into one huge thing so here is that :D I'm still variety tho and I thing that MIGHT kinda hurt a little bit, even tho I keep the categories scheduled and consistent. As we are in the topic of categories, there is one certain question that comes to my mind all the time, so if I may shoot it: How to recognize if the lack of consistent streamers in a category is the lack of streamers going for it, or is it lack of audience for it? I know it might be double hard cause I'm coming from a regional streaming niche, but I wonder if there are any tips in that regards?
In this video 7,213,644 total streamers in April. The total today is 7,398,081 7th June. That means 184,437 new streamers started streaming between, lets say Ashni's figure was end of April, that's just one month and 7 days for 184,437 new streamers to come onto the platform. These numbers are scary for small time streamers but at the same time we need to ask what "total streamers in April" means on Twitch Statistics, because anyone can go live, so it can't mean every account made. Perhaps it includes every account that has pushed the go live button, at some point since making an account or does it mean every person who went live in this month? Is this something you could approach Twitch Statistics about Ashni in another video? Great work.
Hey there, aspiring, but recently disgruntled streamer/youtube content creator here. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I just want to say thank you for all of the wonderful tips and tricks. I have a question, but it comes from a place of insecurity and I just want to know if this is true Is there such a thing as being too weird for platforms? If you look at my videos/streams, I am definitely not the most conventional person to ever turn on a webcam and put myself in front of viewers. I do tons of crazy things, there's lots of comedy and memes, and sometimes I worry that I scare people off or make them not want to watch me. I've noticed a dry spell of not getting any new followers on Twitch. But I don't want to sacrifice being myself. I see people pop in and then leave minutes later, and I have this phobia that I scare people off. Is there something I should be doing different or better, or should I approach how I compose myself different?
Honestly... I'm happy jsyt to be a streamer if I get affiliate.... Great! but I'm not PUSHING for partner. Hell, if I get affiliate status I'd be honored cuz that means the followers I get love me enough to raise me to that level. So even if no one watches, follows or chats... Then that's fine too. I'm all good the whatever I get twitch Wise
Awesome video!! I’m a twitch affiliate, working on getting a partnership. Do you have any videos on an emphasis on a schedule? I don’t have a stream schedule but I’ve been told it’s important.
If you need to stream 25 days out of 30, then people that stream 3-4 times a week will ever get partnered, because they won't reach 25 days out of 30. I guess, if that is your last requirement to knock out, you could up the streaming days to like, 5 days a week and you will... wait no, you need 6 days a week to get over 25. 5 days a week, gets you max 22 days (the months are counted as 30 days), so you need to stream daily to reach that requirement if I'm not mistaken.
It's 25 HOURS across 30 days. And then it's 12 different days across 30 Days. So no, you don't need to stream anywhere near that much. That would be unhealthy for anyone.
Hello Ashni, I applied for the partnership 5 weeks ago, I would say my content is kinda unique and I am also streaming a very niche game and averaging 65 viewers. Only got a email with „we recived your partnership and we will get back to you in about 2 weeks“ its been more then 5 weeks. What am I supposed to do now?
ashnichrist Thanks for the fast response:) Do I have even a chance with 65 average viewers and streaming a super old rts game? My vods are also being watched 150-200 average. I think you have a great unterstanding of what twitch does, I would appreciate your opinion
tomorrow marks a week streaming, every day i’ve streamed. i’ve accrued 42 followers and feel like i’m growing quickly! what’s a time frame to expect for growth? i bust my bum to make it fun and look good, i interact a ton, and utilize twitter all day. i have 2-3 loyal people who have come, every time i go live. how do i keep this pace and find more of those 2-3?
I don't know if this is true or not, but it sounds like having a good message or champion a cause that resonates with your audience is the key to standing out.
Let's say that a genre has roughly 200 viewers up for grab and 75 viewers feel really strongly about X issue, and another 75 feel really strongly about Y issue, and 50 are indifferent. It's important to stand up for either X or Y issue, and try to get all 75 viewers on your side instead trying to appeal to the center, and end up with only 50 viewers max.
Because the X or Y viewers will feel that you are inauthentic and then leave.
I’m this *pinches fingers together* close to hitting the notification bell and I have NONE coming in. You are incredibly helpful!!! Omg, ily. Tysm!
As much as I know it's difficult to become a partner but I'm still trying! Your videos have really been helping me but of course, it's the viewership that's been super hard for me. Been on twitch for a few years but I'm gonna keep going! Thanks for all you help!
Can I find the background of Your thumbnails somewhere?
Nailed it! Great vid 😊 Finding a niche within a niche is incredibly helpful, it’s all about narrowing down your target audience. The wider your range of content the more competitors you’ll have.
exactly :D
I love this, your channel is what I personally turn to while learning how to stream. I'm personally new to Twitch and only 4 streams in but I prefer to learn before jumping in both feet. Keep up the good work, I look forward to learning more from you!
Thank you for this! Currently struggling finding my audience :(
Just getting the ball rolling with streaming, really just doing it for fun but your tips have been very helpful!
This is so helpful! I'm already established in a gaming community and I really need to stop being afraid to commit to it. I think just because you main a game doesn't mean you can't occassionally play a different game. Plus you can branch out in the future. I think LittleSiha is a good example of this. She mains Just Dance, but can get away with playing other games because she has really established herself.
The advice on watching other creators in that game is absolute gold, btw. Thank you!
It’s only temporary because of quarantine. Those streams will go down.
Hey this is sort of a left field question. How equal do you think you tube partnership is from twitch?
Do you think getting consistent views on a video of over 100 viewers is on par with streaming for 75 viewers.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, Ashni. I really would like to buy your ebook but, since I live in Brazil and dollar is worth almost 6 times our money, it is too expensive for me. Is it possible to do anything about it?
I know it's super difficult to succeed on Twitch nowadays, but your videos are always inspiring and keep me on track. Thanks for always putting out helpful content.
Thank you for sharing your insight ashnichrist! It's very helpful!
I love this video way to go ashni
You’re videos have always been so helpful! Slowly growing! Thank you 👍
Wonderful video! I am on my RUclips/Twitch journey and I have to say your videos are really helping me figure what I want to do. Thank you!
This is exactly why I tell creators to enjoy being an Affiliate vs obsessing over Partner.
Hey Ashni, love your videos. Im one of the people having a hard time getting noticed on twitch. Ive been able to get viewers when i play the less populated games but i dont want my stream being focused on those... unfortunately i want my stream to be centered around world of warcraft which is saturated.
My personality isnt the energetic type. Im a more laid back person. My youtube is currently centered around tabletop simulator because me and my dungeons and dragons group play on that program for now and i like to do educational content to help others.
But i want to transition my youtube into WoW content with gold farming guides and the like even tho i know there are alot out there...and still do at least 1 tabletop sim video a week for my current followers.. ( i also wanna do a community game night on tabletop sim on twitch outside of WoW) so idk how well it will work. I just dont want to stream a game im not interested in just to get viewers you know? I know this is long winded but do u have any tips maybe that might help? Thanks.
You are probably my favorite stream youtuber.... More than Alpha gaming lol.
I've stopped watching Alpha Gaming he doesn't go into full explanation and detail like Ashnichrist does.
You answered my question thank you so much! You really are the goat! I really love these videos! I also use your strategy when picking my category. Basically tho everyone is saying being a variety streamer is a hardcore uphill battle!
It requires SO much personality!!
@@ashnichrist it really does! I am mad random tho so sticking to one game genre isn't the easiest for me to do so picking categories are hard asf!
Watching this helped so mkuch I am gonna watch it again just so I fully understand. I'm gonna get ur E Book.
thank u ashni u always have the best info. very motivating!
My goal is to get to Affiliate and im 3 hours away from getting the hours part done.
Gotta push 3 hours for a stream!
MistaNoZero 3 hours PER!?
When do you take a break?
I dedicate my past month of channel growth to you Ashni!!!
This is awesome!! A kid I was streaming/playing with asked if I was an artist (who actually answers that with a yes? Lol) because I built a heart and a failed rabbit fort in Fortnite. I can build a massive llama pretty quick too. Looks like I’m making tutorials?
I had my MacBook Pro (2019) all ready to go, with remote play on the ps4 pro and just before going live I notice the thing was ready to cook an egg!!!!
Needless to say, I’ll be getting a pc before I do my face reveal on stream 😭🥺😂😨💜
I stopped obsessing on growth and started doing it slowly, or more - just as it goes. While I do learn and implement some things to give myself more chance to reach potential audience, like directories I go into, additional topics outside of the game to spark some more interest and so on. Thankfully and finally I finally see how I can combine my biggest interests and passions into one huge thing so here is that :D I'm still variety tho and I thing that MIGHT kinda hurt a little bit, even tho I keep the categories scheduled and consistent.
As we are in the topic of categories, there is one certain question that comes to my mind all the time, so if I may shoot it: How to recognize if the lack of consistent streamers in a category is the lack of streamers going for it, or is it lack of audience for it? I know it might be double hard cause I'm coming from a regional streaming niche, but I wonder if there are any tips in that regards?
Love your content aschni, wish the youtube algorithm promoted you more
It's really hard to stand out for me when I stream video games like a bunch of others, so the example you used was really helpful.
In this video 7,213,644 total streamers in April. The total today is 7,398,081 7th June. That means 184,437 new streamers started streaming between, lets say Ashni's figure was end of April, that's just one month and 7 days for 184,437 new streamers to come onto the platform.
These numbers are scary for small time streamers but at the same time we need to ask what "total streamers in April" means on Twitch Statistics, because anyone can go live, so it can't mean every account made. Perhaps it includes every account that has pushed the go live button, at some point since making an account or does it mean every person who went live in this month? Is this something you could approach Twitch Statistics about Ashni in another video?
Great work.
Hey there, aspiring, but recently disgruntled streamer/youtube content creator here. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I just want to say thank you for all of the wonderful tips and tricks. I have a question, but it comes from a place of insecurity and I just want to know if this is true Is there such a thing as being too weird for platforms? If you look at my videos/streams, I am definitely not the most conventional person to ever turn on a webcam and put myself in front of viewers. I do tons of crazy things, there's lots of comedy and memes, and sometimes I worry that I scare people off or make them not want to watch me. I've noticed a dry spell of not getting any new followers on Twitch. But I don't want to sacrifice being myself. I see people pop in and then leave minutes later, and I have this phobia that I scare people off. Is there something I should be doing different or better, or should I approach how I compose myself different?
I’m not hating, and your videos are great. But, how did you get that scar above your eye?
my old eyebrow piercing got infected :(
Amazingly helpful video as always!! 😊
you got a cameo!! :D love you mami keep up the good work
@@ashnichrist i know i saw 😲
Wow.
Honestly... I'm happy jsyt to be a streamer if I get affiliate.... Great! but I'm not PUSHING for partner.
Hell, if I get affiliate status I'd be honored cuz that means the followers I get love me enough to raise me to that level. So even if no one watches, follows or chats... Then that's fine too. I'm all good the whatever I get twitch Wise
Thx for informations ❤
i got it all except the 75 viewers a day :-) my channel are from justine days have streamed since 2017. stock on 13-15 viewers
yeah lots of people get stuck there! def look to meet lots of new people & support others
@@ashnichrist now i will try to grow on youtube with spontane videos :D
My first mistake is skip step 1: choose audience.
Love your vdo 🙏🏻
Hey look, that PogChamp was me! XD
yes that was SUCH a cool moment!! sad I missed it!!
Awesome video!! I’m a twitch affiliate, working on getting a partnership. Do you have any videos on an emphasis on a schedule? I don’t have a stream schedule but I’ve been told it’s important.
I do! Try my Twitch Growth Strategy Every Streamer Must Master video and I'll look into making another for you
If you need to stream 25 days out of 30, then people that stream 3-4 times a week will ever get partnered, because they won't reach 25 days out of 30. I guess, if that is your last requirement to knock out, you could up the streaming days to like, 5 days a week and you will... wait no, you need 6 days a week to get over 25. 5 days a week, gets you max 22 days (the months are counted as 30 days), so you need to stream daily to reach that requirement if I'm not mistaken.
It's 25 HOURS across 30 days. And then it's 12 different days across 30 Days. So no, you don't need to stream anywhere near that much. That would be unhealthy for anyone.
i love you vids
Hello Ashni, I applied for the partnership 5 weeks ago, I would say my content is kinda unique and I am also streaming a very niche game and averaging 65 viewers. Only got a email with „we recived your partnership and we will get back to you in about 2 weeks“ its been more then 5 weeks. What am I supposed to do now?
My partnership app took 2 months. Patience :)
ashnichrist Thanks for the fast response:) Do I have even a chance with 65 average viewers and streaming a super old rts game? My vods are also being watched 150-200 average. I think you have a great unterstanding of what twitch does, I would appreciate your opinion
9:48 don't listen to her, she wants all of the viewers to herself!
Another Bad video,
tomorrow marks a week streaming, every day i’ve streamed. i’ve accrued 42 followers and feel like i’m growing quickly! what’s a time frame to expect for growth? i bust my bum to make it fun and look good, i interact a ton, and utilize twitter all day. i have 2-3 loyal people who have come, every time i go live. how do i keep this pace and find more of those 2-3?
my twitch is zackeryeet i know people will ask :3
Just followed you, mate. Best of luck to you. Stay positive. 👍